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James Bell 1768 – 1862 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1768

Birth Location: Orange, Virginia, United States

Death Date: 1862

Death Location: Henderson County, Kentucky, USA

Father: Thomas Bell

Mother: Elizabeth Taylor

Spouse(s): Hannah Gwatkin

Children(s): Eliza Bell

James Bell was born in Orange, Virginia, United States in 1768, to Thomas Bell and Elizabeth Taylor. Later in life, James Bell married Hannah Gibbons Gwatkin; among their children were Eliza Frances Bell. James Bell died in Henderson County, Kentucky, USA, 1862.

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Parents

Thomas Bell
1715 – 1795
Birth Location: Rapidan, Culpeper, Virginia, British Colonial America
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Elizabeth Taylor
1739 – 1795
Birth Location: Orange, Virginia, USA
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Spouses(s)

Hannah Gwatkin
1770 – 1850
Birth Location: –
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Children(s)

Eliza Bell
1797 – 1887
Birth Location: Virginia, USA
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Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 1768
    Event Place: Orange, Virginia, United States
    Record Source: Ancestry Family Tree

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1860
    Event Place: Division 1, Henderson, Henderson, Kentucky, USA
    Record Source: Ancestry Family Tree

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 1862
    Event Place: Henderson County, Kentucky, USA
    Record Source: Ancestry Family Tree

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1850
    Event Place: Henderson, Henderson, Kentucky, USA
    Record Source: Ancestry Family Tree

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1850
    Event Place: Henderson, Henderson, Kentucky, USA
    Record Source: Ancestry Family Tree
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